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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-12-01

Thanksgivine Day d . festival q very
rsosut date IN the South. The holiday
on the old plantation that most nearly
corresponds 70 h Was the oorn-husking.
Everybody on farm feels good about
November, especially the proprietor, Il
be- ID good manager. The crops are all
gathered and snugly preserved from the
winters storms in barn, fodder-house and
rick. The hard work Of the year 10 over
-only the stock to feed, tobacco to stem
ON wet day, corn to husk and OCCASION
ally load to be driven to the steamboat
landing. Tho farmer now has time to cit
in snug chimney corners in company
with his pipe, and watch the blue smoke
curl around his head, while the big hick-
ory logs in The great fireplace crackle
loudly q though they were swapping
their fingers in derision Of the efforts
Of the storm outside to render the house
uncomfortable, ss long - they glowed
and famed on the hearth.
In the great field the corn has been cut
OF close to the ground and placed up
right in stacks to dry. When Its
condition warrants, the stacks are torn
to pieces, the ears pulled of, and the
stalks are laid thickly on slanting
frame work Of poles, thus form.
ing . fodder-house, impervious to wind
orGain; then the tired oxen (for an OF
always looks tired to me) haul in the corn
which Is thrown in the fodder-house to
await the occurrence Of husking festi
| val. This generally took place in the
latter part OF November, when farm worh
was about finished. When the day ar
rived the corn was thrown out Of thu
fodder-house in great heap q fine day
being always chosen), and It was husked
| in the open air. Az fast a. the covering
Of husk was removed from the ear It wa
| placed in q basket to be taken to thu
barn. The husks were als0 carefully
kept to stun mattresses. There is con
siderable labor attached to husking ,
large lot Of corn, but where great many
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"CH1N-Cm1N BUDDHA.n
The Peculiar Deviations in the Use Of . Re-
Mgi0us Expression.

The Peculiar Deviations in the Use Of Re-
Mgious Expression.
In Anam the French conquerors have
found one custom which they have, in
some measure, fallen in with, since 1t is
90 universal among the people that 1t 10
almost impossible to get along with
them without some use of It. This II
the custom of "Chin Chin Buddha," or
homage to Buddha, which the Anamites
repeat in thousand forms.
Hanging upon the walls Of their Rooms,
the French have panels OF silk oFna-
mented with inscriptions which are ct
once pious and decorative-pious from
the Anamite's point of view, and deco
rative from the Frenchman's. These
panels are "Chin-C Chin Buddhas."
The term "Chin-C Chin 'Buddha" means
"Hail, Buddhap but 1t has come to be
applied not only to every sort of religious
homage, but to personal homage and p0-
liteness - well. All prayers, obelsances,
o6erings, acts OF ceremonial difference,
and even Of ordinary personal politeness,
are accompanied with the utterance Of
this phrase, "Chin- Chin Buddha;" and
objects which are TO be sacrificed, - we'll
- decorative objects bearing pious In
scriptions, bear the same name.
When French lady, the wife OF . c0m-
mander, sailed up the Red river 70 the
town Of Hanoi, al the children Of the
town came providing 70 the shore max,
Ing salutea, clspping their hands and
i've csiss q sChin-C CHA Buddhs," !" =
S~Sth~ l.s4 re-.s vcr~ rsssare-e ~ -
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when the honeymoon 10 ovsf and acquaint-
ance molds the lover TO q sense Of sober
fitness and the ssamy.sidsd real;
When the glow hes left the fever and he
turns an unbeliever, how he wonders -
hs ponders ON the frsilty Of ideal
Then he ssss II h the fsshiop, for The WIN
ine heat cf passion. 70 benumb 10 tenn.
psf ffigid In posse1sion's needless sight.
err Of digestion, or which Of them retir-
ing shall put out the vsxing light.
When the Benedict lies thinking, with his
peppers slyly blinking, at his better half
who shivers with an unproductive ire,
che discerns through coughs and sneezing,
with the mercury at freezing, that affec-
tion all depends on who constructs the
kitchen FIRE.
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the building. A stranger who resem-
bled the editor arrived and was taken
for Mr.. Dummer. Frightened, he fed,
and the soldiers pursued him. They. %
terrified him by continued shooting that
he jumped into the river and was
drowned.
E. G. K. Garvey issued the first num-
Der of the Kansas Fireman at Topeka,
July 4, 1855. He had absolutely no Of
fice at first, but published the paper un.
der tree In the little settlement which
to-day 10 the beautiful capital Of Kansas.
In the initial number, the one printed
page Of which measured eight by twelve
Inches, the editor stated that Il was
printed on Q little hand-press with pint
or 90 Of type, owing to the fact that his
large press and material, ordered from
Kansas City, had not yet put In An appear
ance. Their whereabouts were not dis
covered for several months, and the
second number Of the paper was not
published till early in the following o.
tober.
It turned out that poor but enterpris-
east had captured the press and material
soon after they left Kansas City, and had
been using them ever since, issuing his
modest sheet regularly from another
mans press All freighting to that region
was then done by wagons, and the team
sters who were transporting the printing
material, having never seen the owner,
readily delivered the entire outfit to the
young man at Eudora who met them,
and stated that he had decided not to re-
main ct Topeka but to establish himself
at that place instead. In spite Of the Ill.
gotten material, the little paper the ras.
cal published was . neat and newsy one,
and when its existence ended, owing to
the fact that the owner Of the press had
found and carried It away, It was consid.
erably regretted by its readers.
When tho Tribune, now one Of the lead
| ing papers in the State, was established
at Lawrence, in 1855. by John Speer and
w. W. Ross, It was obliged to pass III
first winter in an unfinished building
There was no roof on the structure, and
~ neither Of the editors possessed SUN
cient money and none of the community
had enough energy to roof It, the Office
went without covering till late In tht
following spring. The winter was q milo
one, and but few editions were delayed X
wait for warm day. But, occasionally
the two editors had hard time Of It
During one heavy storm the ofice wa
nearly filed with snow and all proceed
ings were stopped for . time. Blu
Messrs. Speer and Ross dug their ofilc
out and resumed operations with renewe,
vigor.
| And 80, through trials and oftei
dangers, the pioneer editors Of Kansa
fought their way with indomitable en-
ergy, and to-day Kansas and her peer
less advantages are heralded to oil tn
world by these same pioneers or thei
many followers, all happy in prosperity
TON P. MoRaAN.
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mel Prouty hitched up his teams and
started out of town. II was his in
tention to shake the dust of Bur.
lihgton from his feet forever, and to
70 into camp near the creek for. the
night. In the morning he would start
for Le Roy, which town had made him q
liberal offer to locate there. just % he
was hating his teams, Q delegation of
the citizens of Burlington, who were In
dignant ct the shabby treatment beat0wed
upon Col. Prouty, rode up. 1t was only
with the greatest difficulty that they per-
suaded him to return.
A temporary abiding place was found,
and. in this one room, were the office OF
the Burlington Reoistsr and the home OF
Col. 8. 8. Prouty and family. A large
flag, hung ON . cord across the room,
divided the Office from the residence.
From this humble beginning, Col. Prouty
rose till he became one of the most In
torlal times to the present day.
The Eansas Fronhsr, estsblished at
Junction City, in 1857, dragged out .
miserable existence till in 1600, under
the management Of George =. Oummer,
Il came TO sudden II NOT untimely end.
An editorial In reference to the great
questions Of those stirring times aroused
the ire Of the soldiers ct Fort Riley, and
they went 70 "see the editor" The result
OF hsceing" him was that they ""pied"
the forms, tore up the paper, put dit In
the Ink, threw the editor ont Of the win
dow and broke the ilnposing stone IN
two. Some citizens who did not Ike
| this mode Of handling private property
held an indignation meeting soon bftsf.
| During this meeting bitter QnarIol -
| 70 vhsther the lteatier WA loyal
or nOt arose. A fight followed. ard
What little fuEniture there Was u the
ueefingIplacs was bsoken over the heode
Eof III vyanslers. \ few deye 1necg
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also be . very
popular Oh ape
this winter. In
the illustration
the one shown 10
Of brown felt,
with . velvet
faced brim, edg-
ed with gold and
q trimming Of
ribbon bows in
two shades Of
brown. Bonnets
are still small
ana close, much
as they were
last year, and
have all tn Q
tri m m 1 n 6
.
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forms the subject Of the vignette to this
article. It IL Of black felt, trimmed with
q ladder Of velvet ribbon bows in front,
surmounted by cockade Of coque feath-
err. Ostrich tips can be substituted for
the coque plumes II preferred, with
equally - good effect.
A modification Of the Boulanger that
is more like the English walking hat will
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hat worn by the
generals Of the
French army; the
brim 10 turned up
high on each side
close against the
crown and COM
ing down to . anar-
row squared-of
point back and
front. It 10 be-
coming, has . de-
cidedlv "fetch.
ing" air, and 10
one Of the sue
cesses Of the sea-
son with pretty
young women. A
model of this sort
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rcppyrsoAssd. isss.l

To-day every Kansas village Of 800
souls has Q more or less newsy paper,
and each town Of 5000 inhabitants pos
sesses at least one daily and several
weekly sheets. When this 10 considered,
ones memory seems almost at fault when
Il recalls that, but little over score of
years ago, the number Of papers IN the
entire State was less than fifty. Half .
dozen years before that there were in
oil but twenty-five or twenty-three Of
them.
In those days the career Of border
editor was far from being one long-con-
tinued picnic Of existence. About the
only thing that the editors Of then and
the editors Of the pr .sent had In common
was the prevailing desire to all . "long-
felt want" Said "long-felt want" was
then, perhaps, more tangible than now,
nearly always existing in the editorial
pocketbook.
In those days, when the border, in
stead Of being mythical region as now,
was almost everywhere west Of the Mis-
souri, line-when Kansas was all "bor-
der" with all the perils and privations
the term implies-very little was consid-
cred necessary for the establishment of a
paper. Even town was not absolutely
needful. The paper was started and at
tracted the town, or was expected to dc
so. II It failed to possess sufficient draw.
ing powers and the town did not put In an
appearance, new location was sought
and 90 on, till the editor "struck II
right" or became penniless and dis.
gusted. The first paper published in
Kansas had the rather unusual name oi
Shau-soGnnoWe Kesanttsoan-in othel
words, the Shawano Sun. The first mum
Der was issued in 1885. The editor wa.
Rev. lothian Meeker, who printed hi,
paper ON . small hand-press at the OF
tawa Mission farm and circulated 1
among the Shawnee Indians. Mr.. Nee
ker began by teaching the Indians t,
read and afterward published the pape
that they might crafty their taste TO
literature. 1t was continued some fv
years and was success in its way.
One of the oldest editors, printers an,
publishers in Kansas to-day is Colonel
8. Prouty. He had published the Nres
mans Champion at Prairie City, now
defunct town, and, upon receiving q
offer Of twenty-five town lots, 5000 wort
Of paid subscribers and house and ofic
rent free for year, he removed by o
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pufe d hig h
and the trim
ming consist
ing of tall
loops of satin
ribbon and Q
cluster of os-
trich tips in
I b 9 9 q m 9
8 h q d 9. The
elegant wrap
worn with it
is particularly
9 suitab le for
visiting, after
n oon recep-
tions, &C., and
is the product
of one of the
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AMERIcAN 8IRDs.
Success Net with In IntseAusing zhsm
Into England.

Success Net with In Intsedusing zAsm
Into England.
In Q recent letter to the London 1sns TIE
Duke Of Argyll says: The Americans have
tried to introduce our skylark into thefS
country, and there are several Americas
birds which would b an Interesting ~
ton to our own. In the autumn of looA
procured about twenty living spseimeno =
the red winged American stasainss OF maRGA
black bird (Asgslstss pAsstssxs). Theg uego
kept in confinement during ths wint9 e
1885 80, and were liberated In ths spuipg =
1883, when insect food had become sbund6nk
They were seen Tor some weeks aft4WoS1
apparently well able TO make their bg1nE,
But they subsequently, entrsly disapRea9p1
and 4 would 6e curious 10 knoy vhG1h0
any q them have been ssen n lnGland e
elsewhere In Europe. 1soeqtly the xAAn ~
attendsd 70 them IN captjvity Nv k1Dlf
party 1t Avs AZ ths9 fs1ing q ~ fN1
q h uounta1n -. This looks N {
Camilla! paxe1~e paiy ~ tAPee ye3o e
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maseeu IN IrOuC. Iuey IHVdrIaDIy HoVe
strings. The new changeable or rides
cent ribbons, many of which have gold,
silver or silk-corded edges, trim them
very effectively, with plain or watered
velvet for covering, and tinseled or en-
broidered bands and borderings. Light,
full clusters Of ostrich tips are used pro-
fusely.
In the first model we have very be-
coming bonnet Of the new terra Gotta or
red-brown velvet, the crown shirred and
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with rich jet
pas 9 9 m e n
terie. T h 9
sleeves are in
W ide bell
shape, t h Q
entire gar
m ent lined
with black
silk and bor-
dered with
Alaska sable,
The becom-
ing bonnet
has q black
velvet crown
and . brim
and band Of
white velvet
. m broidered
In gold, and .
trimming Of
white. ostrich
I Q . h or ..
French mo-
dists have
always con-
tended that
A m erica IN
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sung h rugged style of melody that, IN
the Sutroundines, was wondrouSly touch.
ing. When the echoes Of this song had
diod away In the gloomy depths OF the
pine forest back Of the barn, the laughter
and jesting recommended. By this time
the sun had Get and the moon poured
flood Of silvery light upon the scene. I
wish I hkl had some talent for drawing
20 that could have made sketch Of
that scene. The negroes squatted around
the pile, tearing the husks from the ears,
boys and men carrying baskets Of husked
corn into the barn, while outlined in the
moonlight and looking at . distance like
some misty giant Uncle Billy stands on
the top Of the pile. Behind the barn the
great pine forest looks like : black
ing, the chatter Of many voices, the smell
Of the corn husks and the wondrous
moonlight made Il scene I will never
forget. But hark Uncle Billy is'sing-
ing again; he 10 improvising In honor Of
the supper which ID coming.
6huck dat con, de day am a-golng';
An de 'possum am a-bskin' In de kitchen.
This uncouth effort was nightly liked
and was sung with JUNCTION. By this time
the pile has waxed small and Uncle Billy
stands on theHround. There 10 not work
now for all the workers and they stand
around singing curious song that have
never heard outside that immediate
neighborhood:
Suns gone down an do days wuk's over,
Miss Liza she's a-winkin';
Sums gone down an de niggsr's In clover,
Miss liza she's a-lafhn'.
The last ear Of corn 10 'shucked," and
with much noise and skylarking they en-
ter the great threshing barn. Here
boards have been laid on barrels, benches
and boxes to form tables, and bountiful
meal 10 spread thereon. The viands con.
] sisted of . mighty dish of roast pork and
sweet potatoes swimming in . lake .of
greasy gravy; an enormous dish Of bacon
and cabbage also invited assault; many
dishes of boiled hominy and ash cake ad
HbttWm occupied the rest of the space
How they did eat Their faces fairly glis.
tened a. they swallowed huge pieces oi
fat meat or sopped their cakes in thu
greasy gravy. Amid this destruction oi
comestibles there was plenty Of time
for laughter, banter and Jest.
After supper the boards and benches
were cleared away and Uncle Jack Craw
ford, armed with Q fiddle, becomes {
prominent parsonage. In moment I
tempting Jig flowed from the catgut ant
the dancing commenced. A few did NO
dance; they were deeply religious, or hat
been saved" at the recent tbush-meeting
1t 10 strange that a. soon % negro 'get
religion" he abhors . fiddle; any othe
i instrument may pass, but the fiddle ap
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PIONEER PAPERS.
THE PRRss m KANSAS BETORE
THE WAR.

Trials and Tribulations oS the Editorial
Fraternity In Those Days-Mobbing an
Unpopular Journalist and Breaking mp
His Prepsrty-An Onlcs without Roof.
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team to Burling-
ton, in 1850. Upon
arriving, he found
no room ready !or
him, and there
seemed to have
been no prepsrs-
ttons made for his
feception. He
was told to store
his material in q
vacant room, but
when he atteinpt-
ou 70 90 80, the
o W n er Of the
room, who lived
upstairs, objected
seriously, threat
ening to throw the
goods into the
street If the at
tempt was per-
sisted in. Justly
indignant, Colo
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The Bouisnger hat 10 one Of the fash.
ionable fsncies Of the hour In winter
millinery. It 10 modelled after the cooked
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pears to contain the
very essence Of Satan.
Uncle Jack Crawford
was the fiddler of the
neighborhood, and SO
deft was he with the
horse-hair that some
pious old men averred
that they had ''seed
Jack Crawford lay dat
fiddle on de table an it
jest keep on a-plsyin'
without nobody a-tech.
in it,"
The principal ex-
horter at the bush
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fore, to see Brer Barlow among the guests,
but1 was shocked to see him listening to
the music and looking at the dancing
with every appearance Of interest.
Z "Why,. Uncle Sammy said !, "you
listening to fiddle r. The good man
gazed at mo without lose Of equanimity.
N amt a-heerin' no fiddle, an / amt q
seein' NO dancin' chile" said he; "dat pore
sinner, Jack Crawford, KUN mighty nyar
bein' saved ct de bush-meetin' an am
Jest a-fikin' my eye ON him to see II he
won't frow dat hddle down an shout
glory"
Brer Barlow waitedea long while, in
fact until the music and dancing had
ceased and the sin-har(lened Mr.. Craw-
ford had put his fiddle In bag but I
don't think his eye did any service - far
q Jack Crawford was concerned. While
the dancing and merriment were at their
apex Uncle BILLY approaches the musician
and touches him ON the shoulder. In
stantly he stops playing, and Uncle Billy,
raising his hand, shouts, Ten o'clock ;
time TO- you uiggers TO get home" A
greet deal Of latitude was allowed on the
plantations on such an occasion, but Ill
must b homo BY midnight. There was
hustle Of preparation, great deal Of
loud talking and louder laughter, and
soon al We hear Of the Jolly crowd d
The sound Of their melodious voices sing-
Ing = thsy wend thsir way homeuayd,
md The coin-husking for this year isovef'
JAs. O. PLtlnun.
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meetings was . very black me-
gro named Sam Barlow. Brer
Barlow had declared In . forci-
BILE sermon that Q Christian
would run from . fiddle "just a.
he would from de debble his
self" Hence we doubted % to
Brer Barlow gracing our husk-
ing with his presence, for he
was aware dancing would be
iEdulged in. Uncle Billy
Quelled my uneasiness on this
point. "Dsr am no fiddle" "
said he, "an' dar am no debble
kin skear Sam Barlow from q
good supper, chile, now mark. +"
1 - II
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16
Wise Words for Bows.

Many people seem TO forget that
character grows. Thatit is not some
thing to put on ready made, with
womanhood or manhood, but day by
day, here little, grows with the
growth and strengthens with the
strength. until good or bad, it be-
comes almost coat of mail. Look
at man of business-prompt, relia-
Bile, conscientious, yet clear-headed
and energetic. When do you sup
pose he developed all those admira,
BILE qualities ? When he was a boy.
Let US see how a boy of ten years
gets up in the morning, works, plays
and studies, and we will tell you just
what kind of a man he will make.
The boy that is late at breakfast, and
late at school. stands a poor chassesas.
to be prompt man. The boy who
neglects his duties, be they ever so
small, and then excuses himself by
saying: 81 forget, l don't think, :"
will never be a reliable man ; and
the boy who finds pleasure in the
suffering of weaker things, will new.
er be a noble, generous, kind mana
gen tleman.-BUSy Bee.
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How Type is Made.

It takes a great deal of work to
make type, says the Atlanta Cons@-
tuition. Every letter has to be hand
led by FIVE persons after it is cast.
The first thing done is cutting the
letters on the end of fine piece of
steel forming a punch. The punch
is driven into a piece ofpolished cop
per, which makes the matrix. The
matrix for the face of the letter and
the mold for the body of the type are
put into the type casting machine,
fed with melted metal, and the
letters are turned out one at a time,
dropping from the machine like the
ticking of watch. A great deal of
work is required in finishing type,
and when at last they are ap.
parently all right each letter is exam
ined under microscope. and the de-
fectiYe ones are rejected.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16
Mark Twain on Farming,

Here, remarked the famous hui
morist. Mark Twain, in recent adj
dress, is q composition | wrote IN
farming when boy: EARNING is
healthy work but 70 man can run
a farm and wear his best clothes at
the same time. Either the farming
must cease while the new clothes
continue, or the new clothes must
cease while farming continues. This
shows that farming is not so clean
work as being Congressman or
SchoOlmaSter, for these men can wear
good clothes if they can find money
to pay for them, Farmers get up
early in the morning. They say the
early bird catches the worm. If I
was a bird, | had rather get up late
and eat cherries in place of worms.
Farmers don't paint their wagons
when they can help ii, for they show
mud too quick. The color of their
boots is red, and don't look like 9th.
er peoples boots, because they are
twice as big. Farmers wives have
a hard time cooking for hired men
and the hired men find fault with
the farmers wives cooking. Why
don't farmers wives let the hired
men do the cooking while they DO
the finding fault. Farmers don't ge,
as rich as bank presidents, but~etssss'r
get more exercise. Some ask, why
don't farmers run for ConSress ~
They run so much keeping Buys out
of their peach orchards an6 melon
patches they don't get time to run
after anything else. If Congress
should run after farmers one might
be caught now and then, Lawyers
can beat farmers at running for most
anything. | know a frmer who
tried to run a line of fene according
to his own notion. The other man
objected, and hurt the hrmer. The
farmer hired a lawyer u run his line
fence, and now the lawyer runs the
farmers farm, and the farmer has
stopped running anything.